| Mesothelioma- the Financial Costs to Society |
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Page 1 of 3 Much has been written about asbestos related diseases such as Mesothelioma over the last couple of years. The focus has been on three main areas:
a) The unfortunate victims of mesothelioma such as former employees of asbestos mining companies who caught these diseases whilst in the course of their employment. We have seen the heart rendering images on TV of these people, all of them in their retirement years, gasping for air and suffering enormously. b) Whether the asbestos mining companies knew that asbestos mining was a danger to human life. c) The Multibillion dollar class actions filed by the victims against their former employers seeking compensation. Two issues that have not been addressed are the financial costs to society of asbestos related diseases such as Mesothelioma cancer and who pays for these costs. Secondly, should asbestos mining companies be paying compensation not only to the sufferers of mesothelioma and other diseases but also to Society also? |
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